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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.37

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 4: Omens hasten the abhiṣeka. Daśaratha fixes the ceremony for the next day while Bharata is away, Rāma & Sītā must fast and sleep on darbha

In the sequence: he announces the next day's ceremony and asks for the necessary preparations for his and Sītā's upavāsa

2.4.37

yāni yāny atra yogyāni śvobhāviny abhiṣecane
tāni me maṅgalāny adya vaidehyāś caiva kāraya

Whatever things are suitable for the consecration that is to take place tomorrow — those auspicious rites have performed today for me and for Vaidehī (Sītā).”

Words: yāni yāny — whatever things; atra — here, in this (matter); yogyāni — suitable, fitting; śvobhāviny — (the rite) to be tomorrow; abhiṣecane — for the consecration; tāni — those; me — for me; maṅgalāny — auspicious rites; adya — today; vaidehyāś caiva — and for Vaidehī (Sītā); kāraya — have (them) performed

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.